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The Osage County Historical Society Museum, located at 700 Lynn Ave. in Pawhuska, features Exhibits about: the first Boy Scout Troop in the United States, Pioneers, Ranching, the Oil/Gas Boom in Osage County, America’s first prima ballerina, the late Maria Tallchief, and her sister, ballerina Marjorie Tallchief – who were Osage Indians. Visit the Museum Tues. – Sat. 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. 918-287-9119

The Pioneer Woman Mercantile, Deli and Bakery opened Oct. 31, 2016 and has welcomed over 30,000 guests and counting! Patrons can expect longer lines at the deli, but can usually go right into the Mercantile General Store and upstairs into the bakery, which has an abundance of bistro-style seating and sofas with coffee tables. Expect short lines in the bakery. The bakery has: croissants, scones, cookies, barista-prepared coffees, chocolates and candies. The Pioneer Woman Deli serves breakfast, from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. Mon. – Sat. In the Deli, guests may be seated and choose wait service, or go through the deli line, choose food items and pay at the register. Guests may also order and check out at the coffee bar counter and the Deli has a ‘grab and go’ case offering a variety of bottled sodas. The coffee counter sells brewed coffee, seasonally-flavored coffee, lattes, cappuccinos and espressos. The signature coffees include: cowboy coffee -- coffee infused with Sarsaparilla and topped with frothed milk, and the spicy cowgirl consisting of: espresso, chocolate, cayenne and sweet cream over ice. On the menu, breakfast options include: Applewood smoked bacon, eggs -- made to order, “Crispy Bits” breakfast potatoes, country sage sausage, brown sugar-glazed ham, USDA Choice ribeye steak, multi-grain pancakes, crunchy croissant French toast, biscuits & gravy, biscuit sandwiches, buttermilk biscuits, and homemade jam. Lunch is served from 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. Fri. & Sat. until 7 p.m. Lunchtime options include appetizers like olive cheese bread and spinach artichoke dip, soups, such as French onion and tomato, salads, such as Greek and spicy chipotle Caesar. Sandwiches such as fried chicken and beef brisket Reuben are on the menu along with a special sandwich, named after Ladd, called the “Marlboro Man” consisting of beef ribeye tenderized like cube steak, sautéed onions on a soft hoagie roll with plenty of beefy-oniony jus.

Contents

Pioneer Woman Mercantile

Deli & Bakery Highlights 1

Osage County Historical Society

Museum: An Overview 1

Gilcrease Museum: “The Essence of Place” Photo Exhibition 2

Feature Article: The Osage Nation Museum: A Guided Tour 2 P. W. Mercantile Bakery 2

Gallery Spotlight: The Water Bird Gallery 3 Drummond Home: “The Story of Dolls” with Tea-Party Snacks 4

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Gilcrease Museum: “The Essence of Place” David Halpern (1936 – ) has been making photographs for more than 65 years. For most of that time, Halpern’s work has been inspired by his love of nature and the American landscape. His favorite subjects are found in nature — landforms, water, rocks, trees, clouds — and the variables that alter our reactions to them — light, wind, rain, snow and fog. Despite being born too late to find and photograph any undiscovered wild places in America, Halpern has found great satisfaction in creating his own interpretations of the wonders that are all around us.

Halpern’s work is informed by his awareness that all environments

Halpern’s career took an important turn in 1984 when he was invited to serve as artist-in-residence at Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado. He has since served in a similar capacity at five other sites: Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park in Colorado, Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah, Glacier National Park in Montana and Acadia National Park in Maine. Most recently, Halpern had a two year association with Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico where he designed the park’s artist-in-residence program.

change over time with the impact of public use, commercial exploitation and natural phenomena. Halpern’s approach is neither sermonic nor adversarial. He prefers to let the images speak for themselves.

The Essence of Place: Celebrating the Photography of David Halpern showcases a series of Halpern’s photographs depicting the extraordinary landscapes in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Okla. and Utah. Museum Hours: Tues. – Sun. 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Telephone: 918-596-2700 Website: https://gilcrease.org/

Website: https://gilcrease.org/

For more about historic sites, upcoming events, lodging, dining, camping & shopping in the Osage, visit our website at: www.visittheosage.com. Follow “Visit the Osage” on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram & Pinterest. Follow our new YouTube channel: “Osage County Tourism”.

Pioneer Woman Mercantile

Bakery Offerings: Ree’s

homemade cinnamon rolls,

flaky scones (blueberry or

maple nut), almond twist

(crunchy & divine), fruit

croissant, the classic croissant

and chocolate almond

croissants.

The second floor bakery has

baristas preparing brewed

coffees, espressos, lattes,

cappuccinos and iced coffees.

The Mercantile General Store

sells responsibly-sourced,

seed-to-table signature coffee

blends for home brewing!

SECRETS OF THE PIONEER WOMAN BUILDING

A Guided Tour with Osage Nation Museum Curator

By: Roseanne McKee, Osage County Tourism Coordinator

In this interview, Curator Hallie Winter, who became the museum’s curator in May 2016, share the updates she and Collections Manager, Callie Martin, have been making at the Osage Nation Museum.

Describing her vision, Curator Hallie Winter said: “What we wanted to do was make the museum more warm and inviting --and feel like home.”

Infrastructure changes include new LED track lighting and a new fire suppression system, not utilizing water, to better protect the art and artifacts in the event of fire.

Describing the display cases, Winter said, “[w]e to wanted stay true to the original case that’s here so we played up that. We’ve redone a lot of our other display cases to match. They were covered in paint, so we’ve stripped them, and tried to match them the best we could. We also had some cases donated by the other museum in town, the Osage County Historical Society Museum.

The main gallery displays are a loose timeline of Osage history.

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Gallery Spotlight: The Water Bird Gallery

134 E. 6th St., Pawhuska, Okla. The Water Bird Gallery, located in historic downtown Pawhuska, is owned by Osage Nation member, Danette Daniels.

The Water Bird Gallery is an Authentic Native American Indian store, where patrons will find beautiful turquoise and sterling silver jewelry, original works of Native American framed art, Native American products, both new and vintage Native American clothing items, Native American books, Cedar boxes and chests, macaw beaded fans, hand-made soap and so much more!

Open Mon. – Sat. 10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Phone: 918-287-9129.

Follow The Water Bird Gallery on Facebook!

Photo below courtesy of The Water Bird Gallery.

A Guided Tour with Osage Nation Museum Curator cont’d

Winter began in the northeast corner of the main gallery with a case containing a print of the mural showing the Osage people descending to earth and landing is part of the display. The original mural is located at the Osage Congress, located just south of the museum in Osage Congress chambers.

“Then we move to our ancestor lands in pre-history. This shows our migration patterns,” Winter said.

Winter pointed to the time period from 500 to 900 A.D. and explained, “those are different routes we took and then you can see as it goes down after 1350, when we were in the Missouri River Valley; then we started moving out. The Osage Historic Preservation Department has been working really hard on this. The information for these maps comes from them. They keep adding to it as they are making more discoveries.”

Guests can trace Osage migration using a color-coded map. For example, the orange one of the maps shows Osage ancestral territory as far east as Pennsylvania and north into Illinois.

The displays also feature artifacts or objects and tools the Osage would have used, Winter said, — “flutes, pipes and also some of the stones for grinding corn and grain for food preparation and before leather how they made pouches.”

When the Osage met European explorers, the next chapter of their history began. Winters pointed to a case containing early trade beads and metal products, given to the Osage by the Europeans as a form of trade.

Another case shows Osage art and traditional forms of artwork. “We have a little bit of everything: ribbon work, finger weaving, moccasins, designs on old parfleches.” Parfleches are bags made of different materials, such as bison hide, Winter explained.

A corner display case spotlights the work of a different Osage artists, while other cases tell of Osage spirituality, Osage lifestyles, The busts of ten Osages, Osage treaties and Osage military history.

Due to a major lighting renovation project, the museum is open by appointment only. Please call 918-287-5441 for an appointment. Normal business hrs. will resume Feb. 17.

Visit the Website at: https://www.osagenation-nsn.gov/museum/

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Osage Tourism Telegraph

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Drummond Home in Hominy hosts presentation of “The Story of Live Dolls” with tea-party refreshments.

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On Feb. 5, 1:30 – 2:00 p.m., "THE STORY OF LIVE DOLLS" will be presented by Kay Blanchard-Grell and her friends, Kayla Kamolz and Felicia Jones. This tale was written in 1901 by Josephine Scribner Gates and is about what happens on a June day when all the dolls come to life in a small town called Cloverfield. The ladies will be reading parts of the story as well as re-enacting different scenes from the book. It is a treasured tale that has been passed down through the generations.

The Drummond Home is taking reservations for attendees. Admission at the event is $2.00 per person. Reserve a spot by calling the Drummond Home Manager, Beverly Whitcomb at 918-885-2374. Each guest will receive a paper doll and tea-party refreshments after the event.

Photo above courtesy of Drummond Home.

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